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Re: 7997 Train Station available from Shop At Home
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Date: 
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:19:52 GMT
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   What’s with the red mug on the roof?

Ed

The mug is actually sitting on a table of a make-shift cafe on the roof. Someone posted pictures of the packaging on Brickshelf... now if I could only find the staircase to the cafe in those pictures...



Brickshelf Folder http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=256483

   I’ll probably buy a couple more Cafe Corner sets and a few of the market street sets and build my own station. :-) On the flip side, this might be a nice set for someone getting into Lego trains. It would help if the price was slightly lower. IMHO.

-Dave

Cafe Corner definitely makes a nicer station. Not sure if you saw it already in Lugnet, but I posted my attempt at it from one cafe set.



Brickshelf Folder http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=247453

However, since I am one of those people just ‘getting into Lego trains’, I will probably get this station too, if only to get some good train station elements to add to my station, and to extend my train platform... I’ll have to compare the parts I want in the set to what I can get from Brinklink.



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(...) I love your train station using the Cafe Corner pieces. Nice work using the windows to make a clear platform roof. I never thought to try a vintage depot using the CC pieces. Very nice work! -Dave (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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(...) Right - it seems to be aimed at new-to-the-scene RC train folks, to expand their stuff, while still a bit attractive to 9v powered railers. Seems incomplete to have just the facade of a roof instead of a fully sloped one. What's with the red (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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